Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Bullitt Co. JOHN E. ROGERS is a native of Tennessee, and was born September 2, 1841; he settled in Bullitt County, Ky., in 1864. His first wife was Sarah A. Johnson, a native of Bullitt County. She died in 1871. His second wife was Mrs. Caroline Shank--she having two children by her first husband: Clandian, born September 23, 1866, and Ambrose, born December 4, 1868. By his present wife he has two children: Edwin L., born May 29, 1876, and Charles Emmet, born May 29, 1878. John E. Rogers served all through the war as a Confederate soldier having enlisted in Company D, Fifth Tennessee Volunteers, and participated in the battles of Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Murphysborough and other important engagements. Rogers Johnson Shank = TN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bullitt/rogers.je.txt